First Look: A Drooling Alice in Wonderland Beast

Direct from Tim Burton’s twisted take on Alice in Wonderland come new images of the beauty — Anne Hathaway’s White Queen — and the beast, aka Bandersnatch (pictured). Described by Disney as a “disgusting, drooling, foul-smelling creature with a big filthy body and the squashed, teeth-baring face of a rabid bulldog,” Bandersnatch shreds characters with a single swipe of his razor-sharp claws.

We can only hope some creative fans come costumed as Bandersnatch when they show up at the Alice in Wonderland event Feb. 19 at the intersection of Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles. Burton, cast members and musicians featured on the Almost Alice soundtrack album will be on hand for a sneak preview/concert. Streamed live by MySpace, the event will hype the March 5 release of Walt Disney Pictures’ 3-D adaptation of the Lewis Carroll fantasy.

There’s no word yet on whether Hathaway (pictured above) will attend the Los Angeles Alice festivities. The Oscar-nominated actress points out in a release that her seemingly sweet character Miranda, aka the White Queen, is the younger sister of Helena Bonham Carter’s evil Red Queen.

“Miranda comes from the same gene pool as the Red Queen,” Hathaway said. “She really likes the dark side, but she’s so scared of going too far into it that she’s made everything appear very light and happy. She’s living in that place out of fear that she won’t be able to control herself.”

Get more first looks at the inhabitants of Burton’s bizarre Wonderland — including a behind-the-scenes video and a wild series of images illustrating the transformation of Tweedledee and Tweedledum from Burton’s sketch pad to onscreen image — below.

Bayard the bloodhound is voiced by Timothy Spall in Alice.

The Dodo shares screen time with Tweedledee and Tweedledum.Images courtesy Disney